Name: Sushi (Japanese Culture)
Uploaded: 2025-05-09T16:18:44.000Z
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When people in the West think of Japanese food, the first thing that comes to mind is probably sushi.

However, sushi as we know it today is a relatively modern development.

It was originally developed several hundred years ago as a way of preserving fish.

By packing fish with cooked rice, it caused the fish to undergo fermentation, which allowed it to be kept for a longer period.

Especially important before the development of refrigeration.

This technique originated in China, where they would throw away the rice and eat the preserved fish.

When the preservation method spread to Japan, however, people began to eat the fermented rice with the fish.

The modern idea of sushi, raw fish with rice, did not originate until the early 19th century.

In the 1820s, Hanaya Yohei had a stall along the Sumida River in Edo.

Instead of packing fish in rice and leaving it to ferment, which could take many months, he began selling a dish consisting of fresh fish on top of a hand-pressed ball of rice.

This dish could be prepared in a few minutes.

Resulting in a form of fast food that became quite popular.

There are many varieties of sushi, but some of the most common are nigirizushi and makizushi.

Nigirizushi has its roots in Hanaya's dish, slices of fish atop rice that has been seasoned with some combination of vinegar, sugar, and salt.

Makizushi is cylindrical in shape, with rice typically rolled in nori or seaweed.

Although it can also be wrapped in other things, such as thin omelet or soy paper, it can be filled with a wide variety of ingredients besides raw fish, such as cucumber, carrot, imitation crab, or with more Western influence, avocado.

Although sushi might be the first food many people think of from Japan.

It is not an everyday food for most Japanese people, casual sushi meals are available from convenience stores or supermarkets, but dining at a formal sushi restaurant is often reserved for special occasions.

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